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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What substance does Sarny treat the flowers with in Chapter 2?
(a) Tobacco juice.
(b) Chemical pesticide.
(c) Bubblegum.
(d) Turpentine.

2. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a noisy or disorderly group or gathering?
(a) Promenade.
(b) Menagerie.
(c) Gaggle.
(d) Calabash.

3. What did Sarny do with the coin that she found after showing it to Mammy?
(a) She gave it to Mr. Waller.
(b) She swallowed it.
(c) She gave it to John.
(d) She hid it in the dirt.

4. What must the slaves do whenever someone is punished at the spring house?
(a) Pray.
(b) Stand and watch.
(c) Kneel and look away.
(d) Plow the fields.

5. What material does Mammy make John's pants from in Chapter 3?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Canvas.
(c) Suede.
(d) Denim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sarny say she was when she first heard about Nightjohn in Chapter 1?

2. When John steps forward in Chapter 5, the narrator says, "Waller looked down at him the way a cat looks at a mouse caught in a corner." What literary device is used in this sentence?

3. What emotion does John's story about his past inspire in Mammy in Chapter 4?

4. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a ring or fastening of iron or wood used for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.?

5. What does Sarny say that the slaves call the master and mistress when they are in the slave quarters and out of hearing in Chapter 2?

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